Introducing: The Ozzy Osbourne Box Set

I AM OZZY & LAST RITES: THE GLOBAL BESTSELLERS FROM THE ROCK N ROLL ICON TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

ABOUT THE BOX SET

FULL SPECIFICATION

• I Am Ozzy is a 416-page hardback edition, printed on Amethyst Wibalin Finelinen and with debossed black foil elements
• Last Rites is a 368-page hardback edition, printed on Amethyst Wibalin Finelinen and with debossed black foil elements
• A digital version of Ozzy’s signature debossed in black foil on the back of each book
• Each book has designed endpapers featuring backstage passes
• Sprayed black edges on each book
• Black ribbon in each book
• Box made of black Wibalin Finelinen with purple foil detailing
• Exclusive commissioned art for the books and the box
• Ozzy’s knuckle tattoo used on the spine of the box
• Numbered and limited to 2,550 copies
• Due for publication 17th November 2026

I AM OZZY

‘When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids, grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and California, I wouldn't have put money on me, no f**king way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.’

Has there ever been a more extraordinary rock-star story than Ozzy Osbourne's? Born into a life so poor that the whole family slept in one room, Ozzy endured a tough upbringing. Music was his salvation and his band Black Sabbath went on to change the music scene forever. But along with the rock and roll came the inevitable sex and drugs and Ozzy fell into a long relationship with addictive substances.

The stories of Ozzy's days on the road are legendary – biting the head off a live bat, losing his best friend and writing partner Randy Rhoades in a tragic plane crash – but few know of the real heartbreak he suffered during those days of excess. In the end it was love that saved him: the love of his wife Sharon and his kids.

LAST RITES

‘People say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.’

At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world. Then disaster. In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour – and all public life – as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down.

Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career, including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his regrets over Black Sabbath's reunion, his friendships with Slash and Zakk Wylde, the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister and also his own final bow at the epic Back to the Beginning concert in July 2025.

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OZZY OSBOURNE was born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948 and was one of rock music's most enduring figures as the lead singer of Black Sabbath. He achieved even greater heights as a solo artist. Ozzy died in 2025 and is survived by his wife, Sharon, and his five children.

CHRIS AYRES is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Last Rites with Ozzy Osbourne, and other titles including I Am Ozzy and War Reporting for Cowards. Chris also writes for television, currently under a deal with Chernin Entertainment and Fifth Season. His pilot scripts have sold to Apple TV+, CBS and Roku/Lionsgate. A former war correspondent, Chris was Los Angeles bureau chief for The Times and a contributing editor at British GQ and The Sunday Times Magazine. Born and raised in Northumberland, Chris now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lucie, an interior designer, and their two children.